lately.

September 4, 2015

: : really needing that cuppa coffee these days. i was able to hold off the addiction for so long… i’m still fine on the weekends, but the weekdays are a different story. i don’t allow myself a cup until i get to work, but i’ve noticed that as soon as i walk into my kitchen in the mornings, bleary-eyed, to make some breakfast and get my lunch together, i suddenly remember, COFFEE! a delicious, steaming cup of coffee awaits me at work! and then i perk right up like a bouquet of daisies in water and just the thought of that cup of joe lights a fire under my you-know-where to get moving. coffee just has that way about it. and then i spend the rest of the day talking myself out of a second cup.

: : while we’re on the subject, i’m currently obsessed with not one, but TWO flavors of h-e-b brand k-cups – the houston and the san antonio flavors, thanks to a recent trip to austin and ryan’s sister-in-law’s recommendation. the houston has flavors of praline, texas pecan and coconut, and the san antonio is cinnamon, chocolate and vanilla. now you see what i meeeeean? they are as good as they sound. h-e-b is very regional and dallas doesn’t have them [tears!], but all you flavored coffee lovers who live near an h-e-b better go getcha some, because next time i’m within a 20-mile radius of h-e-b, i will be getting alllllllllllll the houston- and san antonio-flavored k-cups.

: : not to talk about food all the time, but some other things i’m loving right now: the unsweetened peach iced tea with lychee jelly from fat straws, the red bull roll from edohana sushi express, and these little gummies that i buy at kroger every time i go grocery shopping…

{“please have a fun time with this watermelon gummy candy.”}

{they look weird, but these are like no other watermelon gummies you’ve ever had. they’re the perfect texture, and the flavor is like PARTY IN MY MOUTH every time i taste one. they really do delight my taste buds as if i’m trying them for the first time, each time. i promise i’m not exaggerating.}

{and here’s the red bull roll from edohana. the other day linda and i sat outside on the patio at our office and ate sushi and talked and it was just a perfect lunch.}

so yeah, i might actually be asian on the inside, NBD. anyway, i pretty much have to make my coworker linda remind me that i can’t go to fat straws and edohana every single day. and as far as the gummies go, well, let’s just say that i should not be going to the grocery store unsupervised. what me and a four-year-old have in common: i just don’t think that the idea of “too much of a good thing” registers with me…

: : aggie football games begin tomorrow! WHOOP! we’re playing arizona state and i’m sure hoping this game is the start of a great season. gotta bring out that maroon…

“I didn’t have one of those singular moments where a lightbulb went off. For us, we just went through the process of being together, until we gradually solidified into a team: team us, team weirdo, team let’s-just-stay-in-and-watch-a-movie. When we first started dating, we reveled in that blissful early stage – the one where you each see the other as beautiful, brilliant sex-deities and you become pretty sure that, before you met each other, you were just two zombie pod people wandering aimlessly through the world, waiting for soulmates to open their eyes and show them what it means to live? – and all of a sudden we were in love.

Several months later, we reached that slightly less exciting, but much more comfortable (read: sweatpants) second phase of the relationship, the one where you realize you’re just two human beings trying your best despite numerous faults and shortcomings. We didn’t have a choice. We were a unit, and life has become an amazing, joyful, silly, scary, confusing, bittersweet thing for us to figure out together.”

i showed it to ryan the other day and it really hit home with both of us. in fact, it almost brought tears to our eyes because we felt it so hard. i know it’s still pretty early on in our relationship, but oh, we feel it! you said is so eloquently, liz. i could hug her.

: : on that note, but with a more humorous tone, here’s what i decided my emotional state is when i’m single…

…vs. my emotional state when i’m in a relationship.

they’re crude drawings, but you get the picture. the whole thing is rather funny to me [most of the time…]. the good is so much better and the bad is so much worse. non-singles, am i right?? you have so much more to lose, someone else’s moods and emotions influencing your own, a lot more to be really happy, and a lot more to be sad and frustrated about too. it is inevitable and exhausting at times but well worth it. august definitely had some ups and downs, but september has been fantastic thus far and we have so much to look forward to. i’m counting my blessings. xoxo

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i'm jessica, a picture-taking foodie, globetrotter, memory keeper & lover of life, currently residing in denver. this is where i collect my daydreams & share the lovelies of my world.